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New York Friars Club

Index New York Friars Club

The Friars Club is a private club in New York City, founded in 1904 that hosts risqué celebrity roasts. [1]

166 relations: A Serious Man, Academy Awards, Al Kelly, Al Roker, Alan King, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Alfredo S. G. Taylor, America Ferrera, Barbara Walters, Barbra Streisand, Betty White, Billy Crystal, Bob Newhart, Bob Saget, Boomer Esiason, Brett Ratner, Browne's Chop House, Bruce Willis, Buddy Hackett, CBS News, Celebrity, Chevy Chase, Chris Morris (satirist), Chuck Scarborough, Cinemax, Clyde Fitch, Coen brothers, Comedian, Comedy Central, Cornerstone, Corporate spin-off, Dan Aykroyd, Danny Aiello, David Cross, David Frost, David Hyde Pierce, Dick Shawn, Documentary film, Don King (boxing promoter), Don Rickles, Donald Trump, Drew Carey, Earl Wilson (columnist), Ed McMahon, Ed Sullivan, Eddie Fisher (singer), Edgar Speyer, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Ernest Borgnine, Four Lions, ..., Frank Sinatra, Freddie Roman, Friars Club of Beverly Hills, Gentlemen's club, George Burns, George Jessel (actor), George M. Cohan, George Raft, George S. Kaufman, George Steinbrenner, Gilbert Gottfried, God of Love (film), Government agency, Harry Belafonte, Henny Youngman, Hugh Hefner, Humphrey Bogart, Intergovernmental organization, International non-governmental organization, Irving Berlin, It's a Disaster, Jack Benny, Jack Black, Jack Carter (comedian), Jack E. Leonard, Jan Murray, Jason Alexander, Jeff Garlin, Jeff Ross, Jerry Lewis, Jerry Stiller, Jim Dale, Jimmy Cannon, Jimmy Kimmel, Joe E. Lewis, Joel McHale, Joey Adams, John Lindsay, Johnny Carson, Joy Behar, Kelsey Grammer, Kraft Music Hall, Larry King, Lena Dunham, Leo Durocher, Lisa Lampanelli, Lucille Ball, Madison Avenue, Martha Raye, Marty Allen, Matt Lauer, Mel Allen, Michael McKean, Milton Berle, My Blue Heaven (song), Nat King Cole, Neil Simon, New York City, Non-governmental organization, Norm Crosby, Oscar Hammerstein I, Park Avenue, Pat Cooper, Pat Henry (comedian), Paul Shaffer, Phil Silvers, Phyllis Diller, Prentice Hall, Quentin Tarantino, Red Buttons, Redd Foxx, Regis Philbin, Renaissance Revival architecture, Rich Little, Richard Belzer, Richard Pryor, Roast (comedy), Rob Reiner, Robert Merrill, Robin Williams, Rocky Marciano, Roger Grimsby, Rolland Smith, Russel Simmons, Ryan Stiles, Sam Levenson, Sammy Davis Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Sid Caesar, Smothers Brothers, Sophie Tucker, Soupy Sales, Steve Allen, Steve Lawrence, Steve Rossi, Steven Seagal, Susie Essman, Ted Danson, Telly Savalas, Terry Bradshaw, The Aristocrats, The Aristocrats (film), The Dean Martin Show, The Lambs, The New York Times, The Players (New York City), The Wall Street Journal, Tiny Furniture, Totie Fields, USA Today, Victor Herbert, Walter Donaldson, Whoopi Goldberg, Will Rogers, 47th Street (Manhattan), 55th Street (Manhattan). Expand index (116 more) »

A Serious Man

A Serious Man is a 2009 black comedy-drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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Al Kelly

Al Kelly was the stage name of Abraham Kalish (18 December 1896, Kreva, Russia – 7 September 1966, New York City), a U.S. vaudeville comedian.

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Al Roker

Albert Lincoln Roker Jr. (born August 20, 1954) is an American weather forecaster, journalist, television personality, actor, and author.

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Alan King

Alan King (born Irwin Alan Kniberg; December 26, 1927 – May 9, 2004) was an American actor and comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants.

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Alexander's Ragtime Band

"Alexander's Ragtime Band" is a song by Irving Berlin.

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Alfredo S. G. Taylor

Alfredo S. G. Taylor (1872–1947) was an architect, of the New York firm Taylor & Levi.

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America Ferrera

America Georgine Ferrera (born April 18, 1984) is an American actress.

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Barbara Walters

Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25, 1929) is an American broadcast journalist, author, and television personality.

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Barbra Streisand

Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker.

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Betty White

Betty Marion White Ludden (born January 17, 1922), known professionally as Betty White, is an American actress and comedian, with the longest television career of a female entertainer.

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Billy Crystal

William Edward Crystal (born March 14, 1948)On page 17 of his book 700 Sundays, Crystal displays his birth announcement, which gives his first two names as "William Edward", not "William Jacob" is an American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian, and television host.

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Bob Newhart

George Robert Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, noted for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery.

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Bob Saget

Robert Lane "Bob" Saget (born May 17, 1956) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television host.

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Boomer Esiason

Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason (born April 17, 1961) is a retired American football quarterback and current network color commentator.

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Brett Ratner

Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American director and producer.

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Browne's Chop House

Browne's Chop House was a New York City restaurant that was popular with the theatrical crowd.

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Bruce Willis

Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor, producer, and singer.

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Buddy Hackett

Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker; August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003) was an American comedian and actor.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of American television and radio service CBS.

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Celebrity

Celebrity refers to the fame and public attention accorded by the mass media to individuals or groups or, occasionally, animals, but is usually applied to the persons or groups of people (celebrity couples, families, etc.) themselves who receive such a status of fame and attention.

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Chevy Chase

Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an American actor, comedian and writer.

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Chris Morris (satirist)

Christopher J Morris (born 15 June 1962) is an English comedian, writer, director, actor, voice actor, and producer.

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Chuck Scarborough

Charles Bishop "Chuck" Scarborough III (born November 4, 1943) is an American television journalist and author.

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Cinemax

Cinemax is an American pay cable and satellite television network operated by Home Box Office Inc. Cinemax primarily broadcasts theatrically released feature films, along with original series, documentaries and special behind-the-scenes features.

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Clyde Fitch

Clyde Fitch (May 2, 1865 – September 4, 1909) was an American dramatist, the most popular writer for the Broadway stage of his time (c. 1890–1909).

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Coen brothers

Joel David Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse CoenState of Minnesota.

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Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh.

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Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom.

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Cornerstone

The cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation, important since all other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure.

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Corporate spin-off

A corporate spin-off, also known as a spin-out, or starburst, is a type of corporate action where a company "splits off" a section as a separate business.

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Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward Aykroyd (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker.

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Danny Aiello

Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. (born June 20, 1933), filmreference.com; accessed June 21, 2017.

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David Cross

David Cross (born April 4, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, and writer, known primarily for his stand-up performances, the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show, and his role as Tobias Fünke in the sitcom Arrested Development.

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David Frost

Sir David Paradine Frost (7 April 1939 – 31 August 2013) was an English television host, media personality, journalist, comedian, and writer.

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David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is an American actor, director, and comedian.

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Dick Shawn

Dick Shawn (born Richard Schulefand, December 1, 1923 – April 17, 1987) was an American actor and comedian.

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Documentary film

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.

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Don King (boxing promoter)

Donald King (born August 20, 1931) is an American boxing promoter known for his involvement in historic boxing matchups.

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Don Rickles

Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor and author.

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017.

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Drew Carey

Drew Allison Carey (born May 23, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, sports executive, and game show host.

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Earl Wilson (columnist)

Earl Wilson (May 3, 1907 – January 16, 1987), born Harvey Earl Wilson, was an American journalist, gossip columnist, and author, perhaps best known for his 6-day a week nationally syndicated newspaper column, It Happened Last Night.

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Ed McMahon

Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009) was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor and singer.

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Ed Sullivan

Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American television personality, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate.

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Eddie Fisher (singer)

Edwin John "Eddie" Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor.

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Edgar Speyer

Sir Edgar Speyer, 1st Baronet (7 September 1862 – 16 February 1932) was an American-born financier and philanthropist.

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Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Englewood Cliffs is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

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Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades.

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Four Lions

Four Lions is a 2010 British satirical dark comedy film, directed by Chris Morris in his directorial debut, and written by Morris, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

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Freddie Roman

Freddie Roman (born Fred Kirschenbaum 1937 in Jamaica, Queens, New York) is a Jewish-American stand-up comedian, best known for his frequent appearances at "Borscht Belt" hotels.

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Friars Club of Beverly Hills

The Friars Club of Beverly Hills (also known as the Friars Club of California) was a private show business club started in 1947 by comedian/actor Milton Berle, among other celebrities who had moved from New York.

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Gentlemen's club

A gentlemen's club, or formerly traditional gentlemen's club, is a members-only private club originally set up by and for British upper-class men in the 18th century, and popularised by English upper middle-class men and women in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

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George Burns

George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum; January 20, 1896March 9, 1996) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and writer.

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George Jessel (actor)

George Albert "Georgie" Jessel (April 3, 1898 – May 23, 1981) was an American illustrated song "model", actor, singer, songwriter, and film producer.

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George M. Cohan

George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878November 5, 1942), known professionally as George M. Cohan, was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and producer.

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George Raft

George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s.

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George S. Kaufman

George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 – June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist, and drama critic.

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George Steinbrenner

George Michael Steinbrenner III (July 4, 1930July 13, 2010) was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees.

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Gilbert Gottfried

Gilbert Fagnitz Gottfried (born February 28, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor.

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God of Love (film)

God of Love is a 2010 American live action short film.

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Government agency

A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency.

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Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and social activist.

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Henny Youngman

Henry "Henny" Youngman (original Yiddish surname Yungman; 16 March 1906 – 24 February 1998) was an English-born American comedian and violinist famous for his mastery of the "one-liner"; his best known one-liner being "Take my wife...

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Hugh Hefner

Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American businessman, magazine publisher, and playboy.

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Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899January 14, 1957) was an American screen and stage actor.

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Intergovernmental organization

An intergovernmental organization or international governmental organisation (IGO) is an organization composed primarily of sovereign states (referred to as member states), or of other intergovernmental organizations.

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International non-governmental organization

An international non-governmental organization (INGO) has the same mission as a non-governmental organization (NGO), but it is international in scope and has outposts around the world to deal with specific issues in many countries.

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Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin (Израиль Моисеевич Бейлин) Ministry of Culture, Russian Federation – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.

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It's a Disaster

It's a Disaster is a 2012 American art-house black comedy film written and directed by Todd Berger.

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Jack Benny

Jack Benny (born February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television and film actor, and violinist.

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Jack Black

Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician.

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Jack Carter (comedian)

Jack Chakrin (June 24, 1922 – June 28, 2015), known by his stage name Jack Carter, was an American comedian, actor and television presenter.

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Jack E. Leonard

Jack E. Leonard (April 24, 1910 – May 10, 1973), born Leonard Lebitsky, was an American comedian and actor who made frequent appearances on television variety and game shows.

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Jan Murray

Jan Murray (born Murray Janofsky; October 4, 1916 – July 2, 2006) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and game show host who originally made his name on the Borscht Belt and later was known for his frequent television appearances over several decades.

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Jason Alexander

Jay Scott Greenspan (born September 23, 1959), known by his stage name Jason Alexander, is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, and director.

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Jeff Garlin

Jeffrey Todd Garlin (born June 5, 1962) is an American comedian, actor, producer, director, and writer.

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Jeff Ross

Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz (born September 13, 1965), known professionally as Jeff Ross,Joe Rogan Experience.

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Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch, March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, humanitarian, director, screenwriter, producer, headliner and author.

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Jerry Stiller

Gerald Isaac Stiller (born June 8, 1927) is an American comedian and actor.

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Jim Dale

Jim Dale, (born James Smith; 15 August 1935) is an English actor, narrator, singer, director, and composer.

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Jimmy Cannon

Jimmy Cannon (April 10, 1909 – December 5, 1973) was a sports journalist inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame for his coverage of the sport.

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Jimmy Kimmel

James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer.

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Joe E. Lewis

Joe E. Lewis (January 12, 1902 – June 4, 1971), born Joseph Klewan in New York City, was an American comedian, actor and singer.

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Joel McHale

Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, writer, television producer, and television host.

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Joey Adams

Joey Adams (born Joseph Abramowitz; January 6, 1911 – December 2, 1999) was an American comedian who was inducted into the New York Friars' Club in 1977 and wrote the book Borscht Belt in 1973.

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John Lindsay

John Vliet Lindsay (November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician, lawyer, and broadcaster.

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Johnny Carson

John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer.

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Joy Behar

Josephine Victoria "Joy" Behar (née Occhiuto; born October 7, 1942) is an American comedian, writer, and actress.

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Kelsey Grammer

Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, producer, director, writer, singer, and activist.

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Kraft Music Hall

The Kraft Music Hall was a popular old-time radio variety program, featuring top show business entertainers, which aired first on NBC radio from 1933 to 1949.

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Larry King

Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933) is an American television and radio host, whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and 10 Cable ACE Awards.

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Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham (born May 13, 1986) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director.

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Leo Durocher

Leo Ernest Durocher (July 27, 1905 – October 7, 1991), nicknamed Leo the Lip and Lippy, was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach.

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Lisa Lampanelli

Lisa Lampanelli (born Lisa Marie Lampugnale; July 19, 1961) is an American stand-up comedian and insult comic.

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Lucille Ball

Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, model, film-studio executive, and producer.

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Madison Avenue

Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States, that carries northbound one-way traffic.

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Martha Raye

Martha Raye (August 27, 1916 – October 19, 1994) was an American comic actress and singer who performed in movies, and later on television.

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Marty Allen

Morton David Alpern (March 23, 1922 – February 12, 2018), better known as Marty Allen, was an American comedian, actor, and philanthropist.

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Matt Lauer

Matthew Todd Lauer (born December 30, 1957) is a former American television news anchor.

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Mel Allen

Mel Allen (born Melvin Allen Israel; February 14, 1913 – June 16, 1996) was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees.

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Michael McKean

Michael McKean (born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, and musician, known for a variety of roles played since the 1980s.

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Milton Berle

Milton Berle (born Mendel Berlinger; July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American comedian and actor.

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My Blue Heaven (song)

"My Blue Heaven" is a popular song written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by George A. Whiting.

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Nat King Cole

Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American jazz pianist and vocalist.

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Neil Simon

Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927) credited as Neil Simon, is an American playwright, screenwriter and author.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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Norm Crosby

Norman Lawrence Crosby (born September 15, 1927 in Boston) is an American comedian sometimes associated with the Borscht Belt who often appeared on television in the 1970s.

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Oscar Hammerstein I

Oscar Hammerstein I (8 May 18461 August 1919) was a German-born businessman, theater impresario, and composer in New York City.

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Park Avenue

Park Avenue is a wide New York City boulevard which carries north and southbound traffic in the borough of Manhattan.

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Pat Cooper

Pat Cooper (born Pasquale Caputo July 31, 1929) is an American actor and comedian.

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Pat Henry (comedian)

Patrick Henry Scarnato, better known as Pat Henry (August 28, 1924 - February 18, 1982), was a Brooklyn-born American comedian who was known for opening for Frank Sinatra for more than two decades.

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Paul Shaffer

Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian singer, composer, actor, author, comedian and multi-instrumentalist who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader and sidekick on the entire run of both Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015).

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Phil Silvers

Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah".

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Phyllis Diller

Phyllis Ada Driver (July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012), better known as Phyllis Diller, was an American actress and stand-up comedian, best known for her eccentric stage persona, her self-deprecating humor, her wild hair and clothes, and her exaggerated, cackling laugh.

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Prentice Hall

Prentice Hall is a major educational publisher owned by Pearson plc.

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Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American director, writer, and actor.

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Red Buttons

Red Buttons (born Aaron Chwatt; February 5, 1919 – July 13, 2006) was an American actor and comedian.

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Redd Foxx

John Elroy Sanford (December 9, 1922 – October 11, 1991), better known by his screen name Redd Foxx, was an American stand-up comedian and actor, best remembered for his explicit comedy records and his starring role on the 1970s sitcom Sanford and Son.

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Regis Philbin

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References

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